Library

• April 2026
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Finance/OCO records

Payments over €20,000 Q1 2026

• April 2026
• Type: Finance/OCO records

OCO Prompt Payments Q1 2026

• April 2026
• Type: Submission
• Topic: AI, Online

OCO Submission: Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

The OCO welcomes the opportunity to provide our observations on the General Scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026. Children are likely to be the group most impacted by AI, with the potential to ...

• April 2026
• Type: Submission

OCO Submission to the Universal Periodic Review

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is an important review of Ireland’s human rights record, which happens every five years. The next review takes place in November 2026, and other Member States of the United Nations will ...

• March 2026
• Type: Report
• Topic: Children in care

Déanaimis i gCeart É – léiríonn fís atá bunaithe ar chearta do leanaí faoi chúram

Tugann tuarascáil nua ó Oifig an Ombudsman do Leanaí (OCO) léargas ar mhéid iomlán na géarchéime ar fud chóras cúraim na hÉireann do leanaí, ag nochtadh córas atá tearcmhaoinithe go seasta agus ina dtarlaíonn cuid de ...

• March 2026
• Type: Report
• Topic: Children in care

Let’s Get It Right! A Rights-Based Vision for Children in Care

A new report from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) sheds light on the full extent of the crisis across Ireland’s care system for children, revealing a system that is consistently underfunded and in which some ...

• March 2026
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Housing

Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan

The OCO warmly welcomes the commitment in Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030 to develop a dedicated cross-Departmental and agency-led Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan, and that this plan will be guided by the United Nations ...

• March 2026
• Type: Environmental Information
• Topic: Environmental/Climate Change

Ombudsman for Children’s Office Access to Environmental Information 2025

In 2025, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office continued to provide access to environmental information in line with AIE Regulations. We remain committed to transparency and to keeping the public informed about how we manage environmental information.

• March 2026
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Education

OCO Submission to the Conversation on Education

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) welcomes the establishment of the Convention on Education (Convention) and its stated aim to inform a new long-term Department of Education and Youth (Department) strategy for education in Ireland. We ...

• March 2026
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Disability, Education, Health

OCO’s Submission on the General Scheme of the Disability Amendment Bill 2025

In our 2020 Unmet Needs report, the OCO expressed concern that reforms to the AON process should not dilute or undermine children’s statutory rights. The report emphasised the importance of a child-centred, rights-based approach to disability ...